Coin-operated vending-machine.



F. WARREN. com OPI-:RATED VBNDING MAGHINL.

/m/E/v ron ihm/t Wa we?! A Immer F. WARREN.

COIN OPRATED VBNDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 812126, 1912.

1,088,949 Patented Mar. 3,1914.

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FRANK WARREN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

COIN-OPERATED VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Application filed September 26, 1912. Serial No. 722,390.

lie itJ known that l', FRANK lauream a citizen ol the lnited States, residing at Seattle. in the county ot King' and State ot "Washington have invented a certain new and use'lul limn'ovenmnt in Coin-( )perated 'v'endintr-Marmines, ot which the following is a speeilimttion.

My invention relates to improvements in rein-operated vending' machines which are adapted lor making; accessible to a purchaser an article rontairu-zd within a storage receptacle in response to the insertion oit' a coin and particularly it relates tn a coin-operated machine especially adapted tor making ae- (feasible to a. purchaser a newspaper, magrazine, sheet music or an article having a thin flat shape oit' considerable area and the object oli my imprtJvemt-alt is to provide an automatic coiti-operated vending machine which may be stored with newspapers, pe riodieal publications and the like, and which may be placed in a location accessible to the general publie who, by depositing a coin ot' proper value within a slot: in such machine. may procure one o'l the articles contained therein. t

A. further oliriect otlv my invention is to 'provit'le an automatic coinoperated vendin;r n'tachine that shall be simple in its construction, ellicient and reliable in its operation and which may be made at a lower cost.

l attain these objects by devices illus trated in the accompanying drawings in wh ichu 'Figure 1 is a view in tront elevation of a structure embodying' my linvention with the iront wall ol' the receptacle removedI to show other parts; .Figi 2 is a plan view of the ,eamo with its top cover :removed to show the positions ot its interior parts, Fig. 3 isa per speetive view oi a modified form otl a part ot my invention, Fig. 4 is a view in vertical section showing` another modified form of parts ot my invention, Fig. 5 is a view in `"ertieal cross-section oit" the structure of Fins. l and 2 on broken line of Fig. 2,

\ vention in verticalv cross-section on broken line 1 fr oi Fior. Q and Fie. 9 illustrates b fl' h o il' perspective and trammnentary view a. modi tied form o t means 'lor communicating Inotion to a movable part ot my invention.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts thrtmghout the drawings.

I have illustrated my Yinvention as om# bodied in a` box-like structure ot' wood, sheet metal or other suitable material which structure is adapted to receive and store within it 'for sale a plurality ot newspapers folded in the usual form as sold by news boys wherein such newspapers may be disposed and fixed in substantially a vertical plane with their lower edges resting),` upon inclined supports \\'hereby they may have a tendency to slide on their bottom edges, by

torce ot zgravity, in a itorward directionagainst the surtaee ot' a lixed plate disposed in a nearly vertical position to extend in a. lengthwise direction in the box in a plane at a suitable distance trom the 'front ot' such box. Such fixed plate provided with a plurality ot' vertical slots` or openings,ex

Patented Mar. 3, 191th tending through it and disposed at suitalde distance apart through each ot' which slots may be projetzted a needle to penetrate that one of the newspapers which '1s next adjacent to the inner side ol2 said plate, all of `such needles being fixed in a rotatable rod that is mounted in suitable, hearings of a carrier which is adapted to move up and down while guided by suitable guide-rods, such carrier lbeing provided with means which extends 'to the exterior of the box whereby sueh carrier may he. raised and lowered. Associated with said rotatable rod is a projecting arm which is articulated with a lever whereby the movement of such lever may rotate, said rod to swing; and project the needles thereon through said slot to engage with and penetrate the frontirmst newspaper whereby when said carrier is raised such newspaper may be carried upwardly to'project through a slot provided in the top of the box. The said lever is pivoted on a stud projecting from said ea rrierand one end of sueh lever normally is disposed to rest adjacent to the mouth ot' a eoinlchute at an angle normally to cause the needles to rest in a'position whereby they may' not engage with a newspaper even if said carrier raised and lowered since such end of said lever dees not engage with said mouth et' said coin chute adjacent to which it normally rests, but. if a coin be caused to fall in such chute to project outwardly from the mouth thereof then such end of .said lever ies intercepts and engages with such coin to arrest it whereupon 1f the carrier be raised the coin acts on such end of said lever to tip such l'elver to an angle that causes. it to.

rotate said rod to project the needles therel on through the slots of said plate to penetrate the frontmostnewspaperand carry -it as the carrier is raised to its highest point to project such newspaper through the slot out of thetop o the box and when the carrier where said endroit' said lever is tipped to such angle as will permit it to disengage with said coin to allow said coin to drop'to the bottom of the box..

Means are provided whereby no coin may be permitted to pass into said chute i'fno newspaper be present within the box and also means are provided whereby the chute may be changed readily-to adapt it to per mit only either one of two coins as desired to pass thro'ngh said chute to its mouth and such means I will hereinafter describe in detail. I j l Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, 10 is a loony of suitable material, preferablyi of sheet-metal', of a form adapted for storing within it a plurality of newspapers, whose front wall is removed, the holes 11v being adapted for fastening with screws or bolts such front wall in position, 12 is a cover adapted to be raised to swing on hinges 13 disposed at its back edge, as shown, 14 indicates means for securing the cover 12 in a closed position. A slotted plate 15, whose upper portion is bent forward at an' angle to form a Flange l6,.is disposed to extend lengthwise of the boi-r in a plane that leans slightly forward and-at a suitable distance to afford space between it and the front wall ot the box 10 within which space may be disposed the operative mechanism of my invention. Such plate 1.5 may be secured in position by screws at .each end"of box 10 such screwsI of the left hand end of the perspective view being indicated by the screwheads 17.

The front edge oi the iiange 16 of the plate 15 is disposed to register with the front wali or" the box 1() and-between `the top of said plate 1o and the front edge of the cover .12 there is a space to form a slot 18 throngh which a newspaper may be projected npwardly and gided. in its upward movement by curved guide strips 19 which are fastened to the bottomside ot said cover 12 near its front edge adjacent to theends of' thebor` 10.

' -Two''inet-al' rods 20 are linedv Yto entendr from points adjacent to the flange 16.. down.- wardly to 'the bottom of the box l() which rods 20 are 'supported' by brackets 21. and 22- at theirglower. and upper ends respectively as inay be more clearly seen in Fig.

24e to assume different angular positionsand to project 'through one of the slots 26 of the slotted plate 15 thus to penetrate and en-v 4' gage with that one of a plurality'` o'new:w-

papers which is next adjacent to the'ininerA`v side oit said slotted' plate 15, as shownfmore. gg clearly' in Figs. l and 5. As shown in Fig. l in the right hand porl tion of the carrier 23 -there is disposed'aa slot 274 which extends through said carrier 1 to permit a projecting needle 28 toextend Q5 therethrough from the rod 211, into -whicli,"f3" it is fixed, suchgoeedle 28 .serving the per posesof limiting theendwise inotion'of rod`- Q4 and adapting snch rod 24 tobe tiirnedii its bearings by amovement of 'a' lever '29k which is pivoted on a' stnd 3() whichA dis-k posed on aprojecting arm of the`carrier- .Q3 as shown in Figa-1 and 2. y The left hand end of the lever' 29 i's'prol vided with a connterwcight Slitta act non inally to hold the projecting pin @8in its downw'ardmost position so that the rod 2eshall maintain the needles 25 at sucherfragen-V lar position that they will not protect.1 4 L. through the slots 26er the plate 15; The 11V@ right hand end ofcieh lever 29 ispro-I-f vided with two pie i of metal v'and'f?! which at' their ends are bent apart,as sh'owi to form li 'shaped jaws into which; acorn may project,I which jaws nomnally-jai'e'-die posed opposite and adjacent to' the' exit enc of a coin chute 3a; which coin chiite 34 tends upwardly to conn'minicate*withfay sie@ formed hole 35 disposed inthe Harige 1d which hole 35 is of dimensions to admit" 'a coin of a desired :maximum size which may l drop to nd itsway to project one portion. of it into the jaws formed by said pieces 32 and 33 while the remaining` portion may. l, rest within the end of said coin chiite 34.1 121s Thus with such coin so disposed if the car? rier 23 be raised them such coin will' actogii the of piece 32 to cause the ley/er to raise projecting pin Q8 to turn`A theshaft 24 tov swing the -needles 25 through ich? ies

asserts Resting with its lower edge on the sup-v ports'37 and against the rearmost one of the newspapers 3G is a plate or board 38 and leaning against such board 38 is a plate 39, as shown in Fie. 5, preferably of metal which board 38 and plate 3) may assist the forward movement of the' newspapers 3G andmaintain them in an upright position.

A lever Ll0 fulcrumed' by fpivot 41 1n projections 112 disposed in the ront upper portion of plate 15 is bent in its upper end portion to an angle that adapts its upper end in response to a swinging movement to project through a hole 43 atthe upper end of the `chute 34 whereby when such lever4 40 is swung baekwa'rdly its upper end, projecting through such hole 43, may prevent the insertion of a 'coin through the hole 35 in the flange '16. The lower portion of said lever 40 is so disposed that it may swing backwardly through a. vertical slot 44 in the plate l5, as more clearly seen in Fig. l, in response to the force of a flat spring 45 which rests constantly against the lower end of such lever 40 whereby when no newspaper is resting against the back surface of the plate 15 the flat spring' 45 may swing the lever 40 through the slot 44 to obstruct hthe insertion of a coinin the hole 35 there being also a vertical slot 46 in the "board B8 and a notch 47 in the upper edge of the plate 39 whereby such board 38 and plate 89 may not `obstruct the swinging movement of said lever 40 after all of the newspapers 36 are ex: tracted from the box 10.' Thus if there be no newspapers within the box l() one may not insert his cent inthe hole 35.

The upper portion of'the chute 34 for 'a suitable distance'is disposed, as shown in Fig. 1, to incline from the horizontal toward theislot 35 with its plane leaning slightly frontward and with its front wall mostly eut away only enough of such front wall being retained to guide a coin of a predetermined size in its passage from the hole 35 to the lower portion of the chute 311, but not enough to guide a coin et' a smaller size between the hole and such lower portion of the chute 34. Thusa nickel five cent piece might roll from the hole 35. to the jaws of the pieces 32 and 33 but a cent after passing,` through the hole 35 upon reaching that'point where the front wall of the upper `portion of the chute 34 is removed then such cent would fallout of its path to drop to the bottom of the box 10 without passing through the lower ortion of the chute 34 to engage with the jaws oit the pieces and 3? and hence a five cent newspaper might not be extracted by the insertion of one cent. I have provided how- "over changeable means whereby, when it is desired, a cent may be guided through :um past that upper portion ot' the chute 3ft, where a part ol its lfront wall is removed, into and through the lower portion olsuch chute 34 to engage with the pieces 32 and 553 to rause the extraction of a newspaper for one cent which changeable means may be unt'lerstood by reference to Fig. Q and Fig. 7 wherein is shown a lever i8 Which'is hinged at one end to the upper front portion ol the chute :'34 by pivot 19 while its other ond en gages with a slot. 50 in the end ot a lever il 'which is pivoted by a pivot rivet 52 in the upper portion ol the ond of the box '.10 whereby a movement of the lever 5 1 may act .on the lever 4,8 to move said lever L18 downwardly to a position to guide the upper portion of a cent and prevent it fromi'alling out of the open portion of the chute 84 as such cent rolls into the lower closed portion of the said chute 34. Thus, when the price of a newspaper is one cent the lever 5l may be moved to a position to cause a cent to be guided to permit the operation ol` the ex tracting mechanism, but if the price be'five cents the levertil may be moved to raise the lever 48 to such position, that a cent may not roach the point where it will serve lio permit the operation oi extracting a newspaper.

The carrier 23 is provided with a projects ing handle 53 which is disposed to project outwardly througll a vertical slot 5L in the front vali of the boxA l0, as shown in Figs. Zand 5, whereby after a cent reaelua: its po sition to actuale the lever the handle 53 may be raised to litt the carrier 2? to project a newspaper thrnigh the slot '18 as described.

In Fig. 9 I `have shown a modified means Jfor raising the carrier Q3 which menus may be substituted for tho handle 53 and the slot 54 and such means comprises a lug :itl which may 'project .troni carrier Q3 (as `shown in Fig. il) to which may be fastened a flexible wire or cord 5T leading upwardly through a `suitably 'formed hole (not shown) in the l5 of Figs. l and 2 While 60 is a-lraginent of the lower portion of a coiny chute Whose upperportion is like the chiite 3e of said Figs. l and 2. 6l is aneedle rod, like the rod 2l of ig. l, likewise provided with needles 62 which upon the turning of said rod 6l may project the needles 62 through slots (not shown) in the plate 59. A. projecting pin 63 lined in'rod (il normally is disposed in a position. ivith relation to the lower end of the chute so that a coin as coin tial, upon reaching the bottoni end ot chute 60 will be arrested'and retained-in the position shown with its upper portion leaning against a projection 65 extending from the back wall. ot the chute (S0 in which position if the rod be yraised by a `carrier then the coin 6st will be caught between .the lower end of the back wall ot the chute 60 and the projecting pin 63 of the rod 6l thus to cause the projecting pin 63 to be held the coin as the rod 6l rises th us causing suoli rod 6l to turn as it rises to'. cause the needles 62 to project through slots (not shown) in the plate 59 to engage with a pape-r that may be resting againstthe Jfro-nt surfaceo'f said plate 59 and when the rod 6l is raised by its carrier to reach a certain height then the pin 63, with relation to its circumferential position on said rod 6l, will be in such position as to release and pass tn coin 64e whereupon suoli coin (S/l; will drop into the box and the needles 62 will have penetrated and engaged with a newspaper to raise li newspaper and make it accessible Yto al purehaser.- v

lfn Fig. 3 l have illustrated aniodiiied means for engaging with and raising a newspaper which modified means may be substituted for and perform the function ot the needles Q5 in .the rod 2l of Fig. 1.', in which Fig. 3 a rod 66 is provided with a plurality ot enlarged portions (37 which portions 67 lire provided with lengthwise slots into which may be inserted thin edged blades 68 Shown in lfigr. 3.

That l claim is: l. A vending machine ltoripi'ising a rereptarle adapted to contain articles and-provided with a discharge opening' through the`V top thereof, follower for said'articles, :.1 stationary plate adapted to be contacted by the 'lorwardniost article and having! a plu meseta rality i111' vertically positioned slots therethrougli.,vertical rods secured forwardly of said plateyia sliding frame movably mounted upon vsaid rods, a bar rotatably journaled in said frame Between said :trame and plate, a plurality of .needles transversely 4secured through said bar in alineinent with said slot-sand adapted to extend rearwardly of said plate upon a rotation of said bar.

2. A vending machine comprising a receptacle adapted toeontain articles and provided with a discharge opening through the top thereof, a follower for said articles, a stationary plate adapted to be contacted by the forivardrnost artiole and having a plurality of vertically positioned slots therethrough, vertical rods secured orwardly of said plate, a sliding frame movably mountedupon said rods, a bar rotatably journaled in saidl trarne bett/veen said frame and plate, a' plurality of needles transversely secured through said bar in alinement 'with said slots and adapted to extend. rearwardly' of said plate upon a rotation of said bar, a weighted lever normally maintaining said needles inoperative, means operablevtrointhe exterior or' the machine for reciprocatingsaid frame vand adapted ttor depositing one of said articles exteriorly thereof lupon each ofV said reeiprocation's.

3. A, vending machine' comprising a re ceptacle, a stationary closure plate .aitftlieV- 4'front of said receptacle provided Witlia plurality of vertically positioned slots therethrough, a slidable frame movably mounted exteriorly of said plate, a bar rotatably journaled horizontally in said frame, a plurality et needl ,s secured transverselylof said bar andy ada* ted to project -through said slots upon an upward movement of said trame and means operable from the'etzteidoru:

of the machine for reciprocating ,said frame.

fl. A. ,vending machine comprising a receptacle, a stationary closure plate at the front of said receptacle provided Witha plusn rality of' vertically positioned slots therethrough, a slidable frame movablyinouited v exteriorly of said plate, a bar rotatably jour naled horizontally .in Said trame, a plurality of needles secured transversely of said bar and adapted to project through said slots upon a partial rotation of said bar7 a Weighted lever pivotefl to said frame, a pinl connectionbetiveen said lever .and bar whereby7 the turning; of said bar is simultaneous iviti the pivoting` movement ot said lever.

ln Witness whereof, l hereunto subscribe -.niy naine this eighteenth day of September,

A. D., 1919.'.- l Y FRANK lVARREN. lll/'itnesses't Thomas B. librerie. il. Vernon' llflnroAinlos iis- 

